Laying Out the Bones

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A TERRIBLE CRIME WAITS TO BE UNEARTHED.

The second twisty and atmospheric Wiltshire-set crime novel in the DI Lockyer Series. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves and Val McDermid.

A long, hot summer in Wiltshire is broken by a sudden downpour. Flash floods bring something sinister to the surface - a human skeleton. When forensic testing matches the bones to a man named Lee Geary, reported missing nine years earlier, the case is passed to DI Matt Lockyer.

Geary was a known drug user, so it could be a simple case of misadventure, but Lockyer isn't so sure. Geary was a townie, and had learning disabilities, so what was he doing out on the Plain all alone? Lockyer soon learns that the year he disappeared, Geary was questioned in relation to another crime - the murder of a young woman named Holly Gilbert.

With the help of DC Gemma Broad, Lockyer begins to dig deeper, and discovers that two other persons of interest in the Holly Gilbert case have also either died or disappeared in the intervening years. A coincidence? Or a string of murders that has gone undetected for nearly a decade...?

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Praise for Laying Out The Bones

'Compassionate, transporting and intricately plotted . . . I'm a huge fan' Emylia Hall, author of The Shell House Detectives

'Unputdownable . . . I didn't want it to end' Jenny Ashcroft, author of The Echoes of Love

'Twisty and satisfying' Kate Riordan, author of Summer Fever

Critics Review

Webb's DI Lockyer Mysteries are everything I could ever hope for in a crime series: beautifully written, compassionate, transporting and intricately plotted. I'm a huge fan, and can't wait for the next
Emylia Hall, author of THE SHELL HOUSE DETECTIVES
With its gripping, unguessable plot, and brilliant cast of characters, it's not only unputdownable, it's deeply moving, too . . . I didn't want it to end
Jenny Ashcroft, author of THE ECHOES OF LOVE
This second instalment of Kate Webb's DI Lockyer series is just as emotionally intelligent, twisty and satisfying as the first
Kate Riordan, author of SUMMER FEVER

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